Moon Tree

Moon Tree (HMT8K)

Location: Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 Transylvania County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 21.06', W 82° 46.702'

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You may never go to the moon but, if you touch this tree you will be touching something that has. When Stuart Roosa, a former Forest Service smoke jumper, served as an astronaut on the Apollo XIV mission he wanted to take something along to honor the Forest Service. Tree seeds! This tree grew from one of the 500 seeds that orbited the moon with him in 1971. The Forest Service planted it here as part of the 1976 Bicentennial celebration of our nation.
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Date Added Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 8:16pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 338408 N 3913419
Decimal Degrees35.35100000, -82.77836667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 21.06', W 82° 46.702'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 21' 3.60" N, 82° 46' 42.12" W
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Area Code(s)828
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 11250 Pisgah Hwy, Pisgah Forest NC 28768, US
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